Is Sustainability a Breakfast Cereal? Public Program Based Research into Community Understandings of Sustainability

Australian Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-127

  Mcloughlin, Lynette C ^a  

^a Department of Environment and Conservation ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

community segmentation; environmental education programs; environmental sustainability; evaluation; Qualitative research; sustainability concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349679617     PISSN: 08140626     EISSN: 2049775X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0814062600002354     Document Type: Article

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